Device for raising sunken vessels.



F. HENGYE. DEVICEPOR RAISNG SUNKEN VESSELS..

APPLICATION FILED JULY 3o, 1914.

Patented Nov, 3, 1914.

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Patented Nov. 3, 1914.

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DEVICE Fon BAI'SING SNKEN vEsspELs.

Be it known 'that I,' FLonn'HENGYE, -subject of the King of Hungary,residing at Joliet, inthe county of lill and State of Illinoiss haveinventedv certain new and use-' ful Improvements in Devices for RaisingSunken Vessels, of which the following-is a specification.

i This inYention.relates to improvements in devices for raising sunkenvessels.

provide 'a means readily attachable to a sunken vessel,and whereby thevessel may be 'raised to -thesurface of the water hy means vof airthereo able and A further object is to provide a plurality pumped from aboat from the surface the entire apparatus belng remove of Hoatsincluding telescopiciioats, all 'of the same being inflatable andadapted to vessel for the purpose ofl encircle a sunken raising thesame. A still further object is to arrange a plurality of hollow bodiesfilledwith; water around a sunken vessel, andto then substitute air forthe water within said bodies, and thus buo ing up the sunken vessel` tothe water sur ace.

-lVith these general objects in view, and others that will appear as thenature of the invention is better understood,'the same consists in thenovel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully describedand illustrated in the drawings, and pointed out in the appended claims.f

.In the drawings forming a part of this` application and in which likedesignating characters refer to corresponding' parts throughout theseveral views, Figure l illustrates the entire device in connection witha sunken vessel upon the bottom of the ocean. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalcentral sectional'view taken horizontally through the hull of the sunkenvessel. F igt 3 is a front elevation thereof with the connecting tubesbroken away. Fig. 4 is a central longitudinal s ectional view of'one ofthe telescoping floats.

Fig. 5 is a sideelevation of aglobular float attached to the vessel,

the latter being broken away., Fig. 6 is a detail sectional -viewthrough the corrugated tubular telescopingfloat at theconnection`between the sections, and 'Fig. 7 1s a detailsectionil view through thepipe-entering portion of oneof-V the globular floats ofservice forrepeated operations.

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Application tiled IulyBO, 1914. Serial No. 8154,145Q,

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tion operatively attached thereto. Telescop ing floats 12 arepositionedlongitudinally at opposite sides of the vessel each consistingof tubular members 18 telescopically arranged, and whereby the chamber14 therein may be regulated insizef' .The outermemtion with 'themember'received therein by longitudinally.corrugated vsurface forassisting in 'retainin 'the float against the side ofthe vessel. Fachsection- 13 is provided with a side hook 16 adapted to enter a ring 17which thevdiver who applies thefioatsattaches to4 the adjacenosidelofthe vessel. The desired number of.

globe shaped floats 18 are provided which Patented Nov. 3, 1914-.

12 has a watertight connec-` hollow spherical `or Referring more indetail to the drawings Vco ave -arportion oftheir outer surfaces supplied wlth corruga'tions 19 which have centrally .positionedl hooks 20adapted to be re` ceived within the rings 21, secured to the side of thevessel 10 at any points thereon desired to attachone of VSaid spherical.floats 18 are provided upon diametrically opposite sideswith rings 22while similar rin s 23 are positioned at the opposite ends o thetelescoping fioats 12, and whereby the fioats may lne-positioned inspaced relations aroundthehull of the vessel and there secured by meansofcon- -necting chains 24h A short chain 25 is 'also connected betweenthe rings 23 of the sections 13 and whereby the length of the floatv 12isregulated as Well as the side of the.

air chamber 14 therein.v Each ofthe floats liis.provided with an airinlet pipe 26 and whereby airis supplied to the said floatsfrom the airpump 26 mounted upon the' derubber4 or similar 'material and. have openarranged adjacent the gunwale of the boat 27. With this apparatusprovided upon the vboat 27 the` boat is moved to a position directlyabove "the sunken vessel and the'divers thenl position the sphericalllioats 18 at opposite positions adjacent both the Vp'artrnent boat 27which carries the device 'and the c rew of divers. A similar lair inletpipe 28'connects the pump 26 with'the telescoping vfloat 1 2, while eachofthe floats 12 and 18 are provided with outlet pipe 29,- which outletpipes are preferably formed of pipes'are' then connected to all thefloats and whereupon an operating of the pump 26 forces air into thefloats, thus drlving` out the water contained therein through the pipeends 30 and subsequently lilling the floats i with ain- The number offloats so secured to the vessel is arranged to be sufficient when filledwith air to aord the required buoy-V ancy to lift the vessel to thesurface of the water and float the same thereon. Y

While the` forms of the invention herein shown and described are whatare .believed to be preferable embodiments thereof, it is neverthelessto be understood thatl minor changes may be made in the form, proportionand details of construction without dethe hull, it being noted that allof the f parting from the spiritand scope of the claim.

What I claim is1- l. A device of the class described corn- -prising in'combination spherical hollow floats, corrugated portions uponthesurfaces of said i'oats, telesooping floats, nections between all ofsaid floats, an air pump, pipes connecting said pump and Said floats,and outlet pipes leading from said lioats and exhausting adjacent thepump.

2. A device of this class comprising telescoping, tubular sectionsinclosing a charn- Abei" therein, water tight packings between saidsections, terminal rings upon-said sections, and adju'stably positionedchain connecting said rings, ling said sections, the exterior saidsections gated. ,l

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FLORE HENGYE.

surfaces of Witnesses:

ARTHUR A. KATZ, ANDY CosGARIA.

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